McIntosh MA12000

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operation of the MA12000 from that room. With an
external Power Amplifier connected (as illustrated
on the McIntosh Connection Diagram separate
sheet “Mc2B”), press the Front Panel OUTPUT 2
Push-button or press on the Remote Control, the
BLUE (Setup) Push-button followed by pressing the
OUTPUT 2 Push-button to switch On or Off the
external Power Amplifier.
Passthru
When the MA12000 is connected together with
a McIntosh Multichannel A/V Control Center or
Surround Decoder and has the PASSTHRU Mode
activated, it will automatically turn-on when the A/V
Processor or Surround Decoder is turned On. It will
indicate on the Front Panel Display “PASSTHRU”.
Refer to figure 75.
The MA12000 OUTPUT 1 / OUTPUT 2 Front Panel
Push-buttons are active when in the Passthru Mode.
The other Front Panel Controls and Push-buttons are
deactivated as long as the Passthru Mode is active.
Optical and Coaxial Digital Inputs
When a Digital Input (Optical or Coaxial Connection)
on the MA12000 is selected, the Front Panel Display
will indicate the sample rate when a signal is present
such as “48kHz”.
During the time there is no Digital Signal present on
the selected input the display will indicate “______”.
Figure 75
PASSTHRU